SS #023 - Super-Hero Prose

Shortbox Showcase #023

Super-Hero Novels & Short Stories

Professor Alan and Emily have talked more than once about comic books that don't feature superheroes. This time they talk about non-comic books that do feature superheroes. It's book report time, as the topic for this conversation is "super-hero prose." We talk about novelizations and adaptations, novels featuring DC & Marvel characters, novels featuring original characters, short stories, and even some fan-fiction.


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Here is a partial list of the stories and novels we mentioned, which you should purchase through the Amazon link at Two True Freaks:

Playing for Keeps, by Mur Lafferty
Sable, by Mike Grell
Shadow Legion: New Roads to Hell, by Thomas Deja,, reviewed by Professor Alan here.
Leaper, by Geoffrey Wood, reviewed by Professor Alan here.
Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman, reviewed by Professor Alan here.
Mary Jane & Mary Jane 2, by Judith O'Brien
The She-Hulk Diaries, by Marta Acosta, reviewed by Professor Alan here.
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Promo:  New Roads to Hell 

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Quarter-Bin Podcast #008

Jon Sable, Freelance #45, March 1987.
"The Hard Way, part two," by Mike Grell, Judith Hunt, & Brian Thomas.


A movie cast and crew has reunited on a cruise to Cannes for the film's premiere. Jon Sable has been hired to protect the valuable final print of the film, but when one of the cast members turned up dead at the end of issue #44, he becomes an investigator. Who on the ship had motive for murder? And can the killer get away with their crime? Listen to the episode to find out!


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Next Episode: Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1, December 2005.


The moment when our hero solves the mystery

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Promo: The Shadow Legion: New Roads to Hell, a novel by Thomas Deja

Quarter-Bin Podcast #003

Jon Sable, Freelance #44, February 1987.
"The Hard Way, part one," by Mike Grell, Judith Hunt, & Mike Manley.

Man of Action!

A movie cast reunites on a cruise to Cannes for the film's premiere. There is only one copy of the film, and Jon Sable is hired to protect the valuable print. But there are many people on the yacht would benefit if the movie was never seen by the public. Can Sable protect the film -- and will he ever wear a shirt at any point during the entire issue? Listen to the episode to find out!


Next Episode: Thor #409, November 1989

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Promo #1: Nutty Bites
Promo #2: 20-Minute Longbox

Special thanks to Paul Alves and Sir Jimmy.